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Tis the seaosn to be mucking out
At this time of year, I spend most of my time with a wheelbarrow and graip. John, digger man, was here today and mucked out the barn where the cows have been. I'll finish it…
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Temper, temper
I was picking out Smokey's feet last evening; he wasn't being very co-operative because he thought Sheba was eating all the hay and it was the end of a trying day. Tess,…
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Lambs out and Penny has twins
It was a nice day on Saturday, so we turned out Smudge and Pixie with their lambs. They are such timewasters :-) They all seem to be doing well - there's loads of grass in a little…
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Shearing
Our sheep were shorn last night. We have a lovely bloke called Duncan who shears them - pity he doesn't go as far as Angus. Last year we had three to do, this year there were…
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Poultry flitting
Well, the hens have been moved to Dalmore this weekend (21st May). The house has been rebuild, painted, sprayed and puffed and been given a new Onduline roof - hopefully this will…
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Worming sheep
We weaned the ewe lambs on 4th September, amid a bit of baaing. Kept in the paddock next to their mums, they all settled down. Because we have small numbers, running lots of…
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New pigs / Veg sowing / Cattle out / Bee inspection
Monday 10th April Back from sunny Gran Canaria today to find that the weather here has been pretty good too – with no rain while we were away. John got all the paddocks…
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Royal Highland / Lamb ID / Flowers
Monday 18 June Cool, cloudy and breezy. Vet here to take blood sample from Bug and we decided to start Smokey on steroids to see if it will help his breathing. Dan will pick the…
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Pony blog 2
Well, today we did two circuits of the track - one anticlockwise and one clockwise. When a Highland pony walks well, its tail should be reminiscent of the swing of a…
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It was raining this morning but
my seed order arrived yesterday so I was all set to sort through our seed box and finalise the planting plan for next year. First though, we had to introduce Leo, our…
